The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-27 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE CITY OF BOULOGNE STEAMER. Yesterday, agreea b ly to appointment, the new steam- vesse l, the Pr operty of the Commercial Steam Navigation Company, was launched at Barking, in Essex. The event of itself, to be viewed merely abstractedly as the launching of a steam-boat, Might be passed ever, in modern times, as an incident, of no affairs importan ce e i t h er as a feature in the maritime of our country, or as one that was entitled to attract general attention ; but there are several circumstances con nected with the launch of this steam-vessel which will be ad mitted by many to be surrounded by several pleasurable re flections, both as regards local and public interests. But to commence with the scene as we encountered it. Although the mass of London were probably not aware that a launch was to tak e place, there were thousands w h o did k now, and who de termined to avail themselves of. that knowledge, and appre ciating t h e opportunity of witnessing a sight so novel to a denizen of London, were making their way to Barking early in the forenoon. The sturdy and the strong, relying on their own stamina, appeared in the more humble character of pedestrians, and others were availing themselves of such conveyances as con venience or circumstances suggested. The extra bustle was not to be discerned in the busy path of the immediate suburban dis tricts where the concentration of mercantile solicitude attracts the many daily ; but when the boundary was passed, the circle of ordinary casual resort, then was the sign of something im portant to be transacted in anticipation made manifest. The Officers of the Company, the Directors, the Committee, and foreign visitors breakfasted at the London Tavern, Bishops.. gate-street, where carriages were in waiting to convey the party to the place of appointment. There were several other 'Sr parties distributed over different divisions with simi lar arranrrements to meet a t th e same po i nt at the given hour. On ' nearing Berking, the road began to assume the character of a thoroughfare of the streets of a populous town o'Vn" a d a y o f rejoicing. From the spi re o f th e c h urc h a flag floatinc, in the air, an d a ll a l ong t h e i n l ets to and through -o,ht the wale tow n were t h ere fl ags, streamers, and banners been of i n every di rect i on. As much care seemingly had taken to multiply this description of decoration as if the good pe op l e had prepared to give a respectful and a hearty welcome to a Sovereign whom they loved. For this ex tended demonstration of popular feeling a reason can easily be furnished. Barking is a small town, but it is not separated widely from other semi -towns, which by conventional usage comprehended under the very comprehensive description Lon don; and in all these the attention is drawn in a peculiar degree to maritime affairs generally, and to ship-building in parti cular. At Barking there have been many vessels built, but we believe this was the first steam-vessel that has been built there. The ground or dock had hitherto been considered a barrier, on account of the difficulty of launching a vessel of large dimensions. This was a large vessel, and the result of the launch was to prove the practicability of removing a pre judice, which, once removed, would, as it were, open fresh prospects to the town, which would materially enhance their limited traffic. This was certainly sufficient to engender local excitement. The Commercial Steam Navigation Company, it will be remembered, commenced their operations only a season or two ago. It would not be correct to say, perhaps, that it was an experimental essay, but still it was only a specu lation, and when it was suggested they had looked forward to a comparatively prescribed capital to be used only in the home intercourse of passengers and goods, without ever contem plating the extension of their voyaging to other countries. They started with two steam-boats ; but enterprise has mul tiplied their fleet to fourteen, and they have successfully com mpeted with o th ers i n the Foreign trade. This vessel, it was known, was to be destined for the French trade, which fact con tributed, in no small degree, to heighten the general importance that was attached to the vessel's fate. The intercourse of the Company's vessels with Boulogne had been productive of the best results. They had been properly appreciated by the citizens of Boulogne, who had professed their readiness to administer by co-operation in every act in the spirit of reci procity. The Commercial Company, on these professions, conceived the idea of building a vessel to be employed in the Boulogne trade, to be distinguished with the name of that city ; and the authorities of Boulogne, civil and military, as well as the influential members of the mercantile body, were so much pleased with the idea, that they handsomely came forward to be present at the important preliminary step to wards the consummation of the design, namely, the launch of the City of Boulogne. The steam-vessel was on the stocks in the dock-yard of Griffith Taylor, Esq., which is situated on Barking Creek, and those who are acquainted with the Creek, will not be surprised at the misgivings which existed of the failure of accomplishing an easy launch. But the surface of the Creek evinced no sign of despair. It was studded with boats wherever prudence would warrant ono to be placed. The vessels in the other dock-yards were profusely bedizened with flags; every house within view was crowded at every window, and covered on the top with spectators where it was practicable; and the banks of the Creek were crowded wherever there was a peep to be obtained. In the imme diate vicinity of Mr. Taylor's dock-yard there were ample galleries erected for the accommodation of a select number; the principal of which was set apart for the reception of the illustrious personages who were to take the moist prominent share in the ceremonies of the day. About one o'clock the Lord Mayor of London and his Lady arrived in his private e s : s , r e ri d age and four. The Mayor of Boulogne and suite ar • I ' and several pe rsons o f di st i nct i on f rom France came n other carri ages . S evera l guns commenced firing, and a military band was in attendance on board ; and after the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, the Mayor of Boulogne and suite, and the distinguished visitors had inspected the ve ssel, the public were admitted. The vessel is a noble structure ; but in her present state we can only speak of her a hulk. Her internal decorations are not even corn- Menced ; she is without her engines ; there are merely her s ubstantial works to be seen ; but these give indication suf ficient to form something like a correct estimate of what she will b e when finished. She has in length of keel 132 ft., fore rake (.1, ft. 8 inches, extreme breadth, 22 ft. 3i inches, for ton nage and sponsing sides, 25 ft. across ; the length abaft is 139 feet for tonnage. The burden is 332 tons, and to be pro- Pelted by two engines of 60-horse power each. Of her mould generally, we could only observe that her build was inclining somewhat to the flat-bottomed style. On deck there are the carcasses of the different apartments for the officers and officials, and the quarter deck, which is to form the pro menade for passengers, is 50 feet in length. Near two o'clock the Lady Mayoress was ushered to her place on the Platform by Sir Andrew Green, and Beethen, Esq. The Chairman, W. Elly, Esq., and J. Ferguson, Esq., discharged the same attention to the Lord Mayor. J. Harman, Esq., conducted the Mayor of Boulogne. J. Barry, Esq., J. Lund, a nd W. A. Peacock, Esq., received the authorities of Boulogn e , and other gentlemen who accompanied the Mayor. Mona. H. Adam, the M a y or o f B ou l ogne, was accompanied by Mons. De ssau; Chairman of the Civil Tribunal ; Mons. Sau ei.)t, Ch evalier of the Legion of Honour and Colonel of the Llf\_ational Guard ; M ons. Marcatte, Chevalier of the Legion of isnour, and Di rector of the Custom-house ; Mons. Lorcl, Ho irecto r of the Excise Duties; Mons. Margret, Chevalier of nour, Stc. ; Mons. Hallet, Harbour-master ; Mons. Fon taine; Mons, Parrnort, &c. &c. 17, It was necessary that the launch should take place at high ater. Great as the difficulties were that had been antici pated, the operations were so managed that it seemed, while 1 ;,I s their utmost activity, that nothing was doing. The Lady iMayoress was seated on the platform, supported on the e o lit by t h e Mayor of Boulogne, and on the left by the !Ik_ Id M a y or of London. Her Ladyship was to perform the andel ceremony observed in giving the name t o th e vesse l , th e two Mayors were pl ace d i n t h e nom i na l pos i t i on of SP o nsors. Th e vessel was removed from restraint almost be lore the people were aware she was on the move, and she slided nto th e water as if with the instinct of a duck., It is corn 'nettle the case that in describing such a sight poeti ca l lan guage i s drawn freely upon ; but we believe poetry could t c areely convey the plain matter of fact of the case, which "as so much calculated to excite the wonder of every one who heheld a difficulty so very great overcome so very effectually, Without the semblance of exertion. She cleared the confines of the Dock not with force but with strength of fall down the inclined plain. The Lady Mayoress imprinted the name " the City of Boulogne," by breaking over her bow a bottle of Wine. It' it be any omen of good we can vouch for the fact, that the bottle did its office amply. The Band struck up the National Anthem of " God save the Queen." And the im mense assemblage, amounting at le a st to 15,000, rent th e a i r awith their cheers. By th e s kilf u l p recau ti ons w hich had b een non she was checked on the instant at the proper point, fheaved about with as much precision as it' she had e n und er the influence of her helm. The narrow compass fen which there was to work was made as fully available as fe,,there had beets an unlimited latitude of sea room. In a d " Minutes site w as b roug ht u p an d floated at her freedom in eep water. W 6 have omitted to mention, in the proper place , that in ecnn P l imetit to the visitors from France the French flag formed " T " s f the many with which the vessel was decorated. tl Is°no M4YOR then addressed those on the platform to followin, purport • —He said he had been highly gratified s ll e ith t he sight th . launch, which had been effected in tnch beautiful st le • but he was still more gratified with the C 4 1 , 1„ c , nn siderati y on; which were involved in the results of the i e e !''' tries , had just witnessed. lie contemplated in it the slis'istisremation of' a bond of union between the two countries ci i ;; o n e e . l inPed would gain strength with time, and seal that re -I,l4tin ite of interests which would lead to the most firm and neeis s i g s ue nefits. He was p rou d t o see p resent on suc h an and th influentialsuch members of that city, actuated as they were eleded_c.ordial feelings of co-operation. His Lordship co,n (The with saying Long live the Kieg of the French.' 'es: a \ iing was received with loud cheers.) B r et ss a ' t ,i t _Yolt of BOULOGNA then rose and expressed . his mi leage to pe had not sufficient knowledge of the English lan into thsg,lvssexpreasion to all that he felt. lie fully entered Ala yer ' spirit of that which bad been expressed by the Lord the ',' a nd he h o p e d that the present occas i on was on l y one gstheerecursor of m any t h at they would h ave to co-operate to henest.as nations, for th e i r mu t ua l advantage and individu a l of He concluded with saying, " Long live the Queen t he P gian ,d." This we received loud cheers, in which Threnen visitorss joined heartily. Thee Lord e tl oul e Mayor then presented his hand to the Mayor ;a i d it s a which the other received in the warmest manner, ss 'ne Ni he arty shake performed the sien of fixed frieedship. - 1 1, Yor es3 Yce of Boulogne then shook 'hands with the Lady ' he L cordnelees Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and the Mayor of he x Chairman shook hands with the Chairman and the De : Chiirrean, and congratulated them on the happy result of d cer emony. ra ts es Bk ad e, • e d , etor of the ar te eere ems en, essq., officiate- as con e . "ens the and James Whisson, Esq. officiated cuperin noticed a mong the gentlemen present David Wire Esq., Under Sheriff, the present Gol ernor of the Licensed Victuallers' Corporation, and several members of that Corpo ration. The vessel was, before we left, hauled to off the Dockyard. where she is to remain till Tuesday, when she will be towed up the river to the East India Docks to be finished, and have her engines fitted up. The engines are furnished by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill. The whole proceeding reflected the greatest credit upon all on whom the direction depended, and more especially upon Mr. Griffith Taylor, on whose skill and coolness so much de pended. COMMERCIAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. Last night s very numerous company of Shareholders in, and friends of, the Commercial Steam-packet Company dined at the London Tavern. The large room was crowded. The LORD MAYOR was in the Chair. At the upper table there were, on the right of the Lord Mayor, the Mayor of Boulogne, and several distinguished merchants and individuals, also residents of that place. The dinner was a most excellent one. During its progress, the Lord Mayor challenged the room to take Champagne with him ; and after the next course, the Mayor of Boulogne chal lenged to have the happiness of having Champagne with them. s" The cloth having been removed, the first toast given was.— " Her Majesty the Queen." It was honoured with three times three, followed by tremendously loud applause, suc ceeded by rounds of huzzas. The MAYOR of BOULOGNE, in good choice English, after wards said he should be happy to hear sung " God save the Queen" an intimation that was greeted with loud enthusiasm. The anthem was admirably performed by the vocal corps— Messrs. Jolley, Robinson, Atkins, King, and Hudson, in the chorus to which the company most cordially, efficiently, and enthusiastically joined. " The Queen Dowager, with the rest of the Roy al Fa, mily," followed.—( It w as gree t e d w i t h t h ree t i mes three, fe d lowed by loud applause.) Glee, by Messrs. Jolly, &c., " Good night, good night) Its very tasteful execution was justly greeted with very warm applause. The CnAIRMAN said that he had next to propose a toast which he thought appropriately followed the toast already gives, especially in a company so deeply interested in pro moting the intercourse between the two countries--it was, " His Majesty the King of the French. "_.(l t , was received with loud, long-continued, and most markedly enthusiastic cheers.) Glee—." Vive le Roi," which was most spiritedly performed. The Mayor of BOULOGNE begged to return acknowledg ments. He hoped there would be lasting peace between the two countries; and he begged to add that one of the best ways to secure it would be to diminish the duties and to in crease the means of intercourse between the two countries.— (Loud applause.) In return, for the honour done him, he begged to propose " The Health of the Lord Mayor of Lon don."---( Loud applause.) The LORD MAYOR returned his acknowledgments. He felt particularly grateful for the honour done him, which had increased value on account of the quarter from which it came. The compliment was highly increased in value from the cir cumstance that it came from those who he must consider on the present occasion, represented the French nation. The few months during which he had occupied the civic chair had been full of interest to the commercial world ; arid among other pleasing duties that had devolved on him he had re ceived various deputations, particularly one from Cologne, accompanied with circumstances highly complimentary to him self. That delegation sought arrangements that would be beneficial, not only to this country, but to the Commercial Company. He viewed this Company as of peculiarly ad vantageous tendency, inasmuch as it was calculated to promote that intercourse between the two countries which it was truly held was calculated to cement and perpetuate the peaceful intercourse between the two countries.—(Hear.) He trusted that the events of that day would be hereafter the objects of increased commemoration, and ho doubted not that such would be the fact when he observed near him, not only the Mayor of Boulogne, but nine or ten distinguished inhabitants of that place—gentlernen who had attended there purposely to acknowledge the honour and compliment con ferred in naming the Company's new vessel in honour of " Boulogne." The high compliment that had been paid to him by the toast, he begged most gratefully to acknow ledge; the more particularly in consequence of the parties who had proposed it.—( Cheers.) He proposed the health of the Mayor of Boulogne, and the friends by whom he was accompanied. The MAYOR of Bouramest returned thanks. Song, by Mr. Jolley—" The Four-leafed Shamrock." " The Army and Navy" followed. Sir A. GREEN returned acknowledgments, and begged to repeat the wish of the Mayor of Boulogne, that there might be everlasting peace between England and France.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BLEADEN said that he now had the distinguished honour to propose the health of the Lady Mayoress, who had left her home and fire-side comforts to do them the honour of naming their new vessel. He was quite assured that they were all fully aware of the high compliment that had been paid to them by the proceeding. He was sure that they all felt most grateful for the kindness thereby evinced by the Lady Mayoress. He therefore, with great pleasure, gave " The health of the Lady Mayoress."—(Loud applause.) The LORD MAYOR returned acknowledgments. He ob served that he was quite sure the Lady Mayoress felt highly complimented in having the opportunity in being thus far useful to promote the interests of the Company.—( Applause.) She had felt honoured in having the opportunity to perform such an agreeable duty, instead of considering that she was bestowing any favour in that agreeable act.—( L ou d A pp l ause. ) Song—" fys friend and Pitcher," which was sweetly and tastefully sung by Mr. Robinson, and loudly applauded. Mr. WAYLEY proposed " Success and prosperity to the Commercial Steam-packet Company."—(Loud applause.) It was but a young establishment—it had existed but about three years ; and though it began with two or three steamers on the Thames, it bad now extended its powers until it pos sessed a fleet of packets.—( Applause.) Mr. BLEADEN returned thanks. He should have been ex ceedingly ungrateful if he did no t return them his acknow ledgments, bing placed in the high and distinguished situa tion of the head of the Company, for the manner in which the toast had been proposed. He returned Mr. Wayley also his thanks for the kind and cordial manner in which he bad alluded to himself personally. It might not be out of the way to say to those who did not yet belong to the Company, that they should all be exceedingly happy to bid a cordial welcome to those gentlemen who were disposed to join them. He hoped there was not a gentleman present who would not, be. fore he left the room, become a shareholder, and thus lend a helping hand to the proud undertaking that was to waft the commerce of the land to every port that would be open to re ceive their vessels, and to bring wealth, and the comforts of life from them in return to their native home.—( Cheering.) It was from small beginnings, if conducted with honesty and zeal and determinntion, that they had seen the blessings of prosperity descend from above. Mr. Wayley had justly observed that much had been effected by them in the short period of three years; but if he (Mr. Bleaden) were to tell them the demand that existed for steam navigation now-a- days, they would feel quite satisfied that there would be ample em ployment for capital to an almost unlimited extent.—(Hear, hear.) They, however, were not permitted to go beyond the limits chalked out for them by the Company--they sought no monopoly, for their motto had always been, " Live, and let live."—( Applause.) They desired nothing but an honourable rivalry, and so far as he and his brother Directors were autho rized by them to go, they would endeavour to administer the funds of the Company with honesty and integrity, and to procure for the proprietors the fair return they were entitled to for the capital they had embarked in an honest, and, he would add, a successful enterprise. The chain had gone on link after link, till, he confessed, it had extended much further than he had ever expected to see it ; but if they pleased it might be still further lengthened, until at last they *lade it like eternity, and all those who were anxious to be united with them in the bonds of social intercourse might come and enjoy themselves within its circle..—(Great cheering.) The Di rectors had always, at the bidding of the proprietor., gone for ward and taken a letter of credit, confidently relying upon the support they intended to give, and their expectations had never been disappointed. The vessel that had that day been launched was an es idence of what bad been done in that way, as soon as it had been announced to them that the city which was represented by the distinguished foreigners on his right and his left required an additional vessel.—( Hear.) At their call the Company had built a vessel peculiarly suited to their port, and she was so constructed and would carry such a cargo as would give the proprietors an ample return for the capital they had embarked. —( Vehement cheering.) He trusted that every Hon. Gentleman in that room, after the example that had been set them by the Lady Mayoress, would make his wife and daughter shareholders.—( Great laughter.) If they did not seize. the present opportunity, in a few days there would be no shares to: dispose of —( Much laughter, and cheering.) Their money could not be laid out to better ad vantage, and the fairer portion of the community would bless the day when they had spared their fathers and husbands from their homes to be present at that convivial meeting, inasmuch as they had then become shareholders, by which every year an ample supply of gold would be poured into their laps.— (Great cheering and laughter.) In this free country it was extraordinary what great things had been achieved, and what success had been attained, from small beginnings, where there was an honest intention, gu id ed by integrity and determination of purpose.--( Hear, hoar.) The Direc tors had always conducted the affairs of that Company as if it had been the private property of each irdividual.— (Great cheering.) He again hoped that no gentleman would leave the room before he became part and parcel of the Com pany, and the Stewards, he was sure, would be extremely happy to appropriate the few shares yet remaining. On be half of the Proprietors he returned them his cordial thanks for the manner in which their healths had been drank—for the good'humour they had evinced—and by th e alacrity with which so many had announced their determination to join them, and by which they would be enabled to carry out the undertaking to a still greater extent than they had originally coetemplated. Me. Bleaden then resumed his seat amidst long-continued cheering and acclamations. The Mama of 13oreooNe said that, obeying the hint just given, he begged to put down the name of his lady for a num ber of shares. Mr. Beeeete then gave the Lord Mayor, as the first ma gistrate of London, and other Magistrates, now present. Mr. CARPENTER, a county magistrate, returned thanks, at d ecnclissled with giving the health of the Chairman of the COW. mercial Steam-packet Company. Mr. BLEADEN retuned thanks. The Lord Mayor afterwards left the Char; Mr. Bl:a 'en theteupigt took it, Mr. FONTAINE, a Councillor of Boulogne. proposed the " Liberty of Commerce," which was very warmly greeted. Mr. BLEADEN said it was true the steam-engine was a powerful engine, but there was another engine still more power ful—he alluded to the Press, which was conducted by gen. tlemen of the greatest talent and ability, and of the most ex alted acquirement and learning, who, while individuals were sleeping on their pillows, laboured to convey useful informa tion from nation to nation, from country to country. The) ought, indeed, to bless that Providence which had permitted them to live in such an age as the present when intellectual enjoyment had arrived at such a pitch as our forefathers never dreamt of. Many gentlemen were present Oh that occasion who were ornaments to the learning of their country—ornaments to the liberty of the press. They were exceedingly proud to sec them. Men of title, men of wealth, men of great acquire ments, were present, but those who gave the right bias, the right turn to all things were those who properly directed their minds, tempered their violence, or at times awakened their lethargy.—( Cheers.) He did not know whether Mr. Taylor was there in conjunction with their distinguished friend Me. Young, and though last not by any means least, Mr. Anderson ; but he begged to give as a toast, " The British Press," and their gratitude for its support and assistance.—( Cheers.) The toast was drank with great enthusiasm. Mr. ANDERSON, in returning thanks, said he felt highly honoured by his name having been associated with the British Press, which was one of the greatest, if not the greatest organ of national and commercial prosperity that existed. —( Cheers.) He felt most sincerely the compliment that had been paid him by the worthy Chairman, and which had been responded to whir such cheerfulness by all present. He owned, never theless, that he felt considerably embarrassed for two reasons__ first, that their worthy Chairman had bestowed so many eulo giums on the British Press that it was impossible for him to find language so as to make a suitable return ; and next be cause a Gentleman—a brother in profession —was present, who could have done more ample justice in returning thanks if his modesty had permitted him. The worthy Chairman had nicely excluded from his speech everything bordering on po litics.—( Hear, hear.) This was one of those meetings from which politics ought to be excluded, because no doubt many persons were present who entertained different opinions, and however they might war in politics, they warred honestly. With regard to the press as an organ of commercial communication, he was pleased to find from daily experience, that instead of their columns being loaded with political party squibs and attacks, that the object of the 'press during many years past had been to convey useful knowledge to the public—( Hear, hear)—and to promote undertakings which were calculated to benefit all parties, without injuring any.—( Cheers. ) Amon g th ose un dertakings were railroas and steam navigation. The first, he believed, was advocated with as much zeal, talent, and ca pacity by his excellent Friend the proprietor and editor of The Sun as any gentleman in existence at the present moment who was connected either with the Press of this or any other country.—( Cheers.) The second of these undertakings had become an object of equal attraction to him, and to both he was bound to say the Press had endea voured to do the most ample justice.—. Hear, hear.) It would be unfair in him (Mr. Anderson) not to acknow ledge that if he had been in any respect useful to that Com pany (the Commercial Steam) it had been owing to the exer tions which from day, from week to week, and from year to year, he had seen manifested by the newspaper The Sun, that belonged to his excellent friend Mr. Young, for the pro motion of all these objects.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Young was the first gentleman who had induced him to take an interest in this undertaking.—( Cheers.) If he bad been the means of doing anything to benefit the public by the undertaking, or to remunerate its proprietors, the greater portion of the merit belonged to his worthy friend, who would unques tionably do himself the honour of replying to the compliment that had been paid to him. With regard to the Commercial Steam Packet Company, he would say then, as he had said from the beginning, that witk the talent and ability possessed by their worthy and excellent Chairman, it was utterly impos sible the undertaking could fail in the end.—(Cheers.) It began with little or no resources, and in three yesrs it had increased to an extent beyond which any Company could boast of having attained with such limited advantages.— ( Loud and continued cheers.) The success that had attended the Company was greater than was originally ex pected, and that it was not greater still was not the fault of the Company, for from its beginning it had not had fair play. Previously to the establishment of the Commercial Steam packet Company, another had been in existence by Act of Parliament, the rights, privileges, and endowments of which were so considerable as to have rendered it matter of doubt whether any other Company could compete with it. The competition had been entered into, and to a great extent it had been successful ; and it was solely the fault of the Government that the vessels of the Commercial Stearn-packet Company, instead of being confined to the narrow sphere of running to Gottenburg. Malaga, Lisbon, and Gibraltar, did not now fairly compete for a proper share of the whole of the Mediterranean trade, and not only that, but of that to the East Indies. He did not, however, despair of the Govern ment ultimately doing them justice. It was not only its in terest as matter of revenue, but the interest of the country in a commercial point of view, that it should possess the same privileges and immunities as the General Steam Navigation Company. This was all that was asked. They were opposed to monopoly ; the Government also opposed it. They sought no peculiar privilege—they merely desired to be placed on au equality with other Companies. If they were not successful it would be their own fault ; that they would be successful be could not doubt. With regard to the toast, the British Press, he felt that on peculiar ground ; but there was one near him, Mr. Young, of The Sun, who was able to reply far more effectively than he could hope to do. To The Sun they were greatly indebted; it was The Sun that had been Vie first to support rail-roads, steam communication, and every means of facilitating the intercourse between different places and countries.—( Cheers.) never. Y speech cl o ibhd re e rsa heAnel r felt enaltvt himselfinegh abe Anderson b i e t n oiobi l alf o id u g devldey ryto speakingm calledsa al much c up i oa, o i i n ywi said a b words. 0 that k public,el d a t he t fa h os a r d A ha l i y was quite true, as his Hon. Friend had said, that he was the first person who had spoken or written in favour of rulways and steam navigation.—( Cheers.) He had dune it from the conviction which every commercial man would respond to —that in proportion as distance was shortened time was en larged.—( Hear, hear.) Formerly it took twenty-four hours to go from London to Liverpool —it could now bo done in nearly half that time ; and every half day thus saved was of incalculable advantage to the public.—(Loud cheers.) Railroads had at present the advantage over steam-boats, that the former could go thirty miles an hour while the latter could hardly go fifteen. That was a disadvantage which science and the progress of improvement would speedily overcome. He felt satisfied that in a few years the great obstacles to long voyages, the difficulty of stowing a sufficient quantity of fuel, would be surmounted, and that the communication across th• Atlantic by means of steam-vessels would be performed with the greatest regularity and expedition.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) They had been indebted to accident for some of their most important discoveries in science and the arts, and it was probable that ere long some method would be disco vered of compressing the fuel into a much, smaller compass. The present Company owed its success to the good management and economy with which its affairs were conducted. The great end of all communication was to spread the blessings of civili zation from pole to pole—to promote the interchange of social intercourse—and thus the minds of men would be disabused of the prejudices that at present existed, and rt 'rich had been circulated and promoted by despicable and designing persons, for their own private purposes. The result would be, that— " Man to man the world all round, Shall brothers be and a' that." —(Great cheering.) lie should be at all times happy to promote, by every means in his power, the success of under takings like the present, which combined so large an amount of public benefit, with a fair remuneration to those whose capital was embarked in it.—( Loud cheering.) The CHAIRMAN afterwards proposed " The Proprietary." Mr. Powree returned thanks. Tho CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of " The Com mittee." Mr. Under- Sheriff WINE returned thanks. The health of the Secretary, and some other toasts followed ; after which the company at a late hour separated. It was stated that upwards of 700 shares were subscribed for in the room. THE SUN, LONDON , TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1838. SUDBURY ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) MONDAY, MARCH 26.—Thc nomination for a representative for this borough, in the room of Lieutenant-General Sir E. Burnes, deceased, took place at the Town- Hall this morning, at ten o'clock. Sir John Walsh, who formerly represented this borough, after several ineffectual attempts to obtain a scat in Parliament elsewhere, again sought refuge in this immaculate borough, immediately after the decease of Sir Edward. No other candidate appearing, the poor freemen, on Satur day last, sent a deputation to London, inviting their old fa vourite representative, John Bac , b shaw, Esq., who immediately complied with thei r request. Mr. Brazier Jones proposel, and Mr. B. Oliver seconded, the nomination of Sir Jo!in Walsh. Mr. Spooner proposed, and Mr. Edmunds secondel, the no mination of John Bagshaw, Esq. The Mayor, W. Hurrell, Esq., took the show of Lan is for each candidate, and declared the election was in favour of John llagshaw, Esq., by a decided majority. A poll was de manded for Sir John Walsh ; and notwithstanding the in ijority of the show of hands, the contest is expected to be ob tinate and severe. Sir John Walsh, Ultra-Tory ; John Ba?shaw, Esq., Liberal. DEVIZES---MONDAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The poll having closed, left the Gallant Captain (Dunes)ii, a majority of 7. Dundas lO9 J Heneage ...... 102 I hare had some experience in election ecn esti, but never saw or heard of so severe a fight in so narrow 1 mite. We had bribery and treating to an enormous extent to contend against. TIIE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—We have had another touch of winter. Our surrounding hills, on Tuesday last suddenly resumed their garb of snow. The fall of snow to the north of Kendal has b een very great, greater, indeed, than at any previous period of the winter. The mail from the north, which is due in the morning about seven o'clock, stuck fast on Thursday morning last in a snow-drift, near For rest Hall, and did not reach Kendall till four hour.; after its time. The mail which follows it, at an interval of about four hours, came in at its usual time, avoiding the luckless spot by taking a part of the old road, F or severa l n i ghts past the mails to anci from the north have bad silt horses.—Kendal Mercury. SECOND EDITION SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our First Edition.) SHAFTESBURY. The Committee had not come to a decision when they ad. j )urned. , . MILL. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. Edward Stephenson was the first objection gone into. It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Padlev, that the vote: told him be had received two sovereigns for his vote from Mr. Charles Hammond.—Vote struck off. William Cooper, of Stoneferry, was next obj , cted to. T:iomas A.lamsol deposed, that the voter had died since the last election—that in the course of conversation with him in September last, he stated that he had received a suit of clothes and is. from Mr. Charles Hammond, to vote for the Blues. Vote struck off. The vote of John Savage was next objected to on the ground of his having received a bribe from Mr. Dryden, solicitor. The voter was examined at great length, as to a tra►saction which had taken place about the time of the elec tion in 1835, when the voter being in difficulties, came in con tact with Mr. Dryden, who paid the amount of his debt and costs taking a note for the amount. A few days before the late election, the voter met Mr. Dryden in the street, and came to an understanding with him that if he gave his vote for the B lues he would hear no more of the Bill. Towards the latter plrt of the year, however, a distress was put into his house, and his goods were sold. Mr. RoHit, clerk to Mr. Dryden, was then called, and con tradicted the voter in several statements which he had made. The examination had not concluded at Four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned. MAIDSTONE ELECTION. The polling commenced this morning at eight o'clock with great spirit on both sides, and at nine o'clock Mr. Robarts was at the head of the poll, with every prospect of winning. Mr. l'ector's party, seeing that no time was to be lost, went into the market, and purchased votes largely at from 101. to 15/. per man, the effect of which was to put him considerably above Mr. Robarts. The poll closed at four, but as the numbers will not be de. dared till twelve to-morrow, the precise state at the termina tion cannot accurately be known. The majority will be somewhere about 100 ; and the greatest portion of the con stituency have polled. The bribery was of the most open nature—it was hardly attempted to be disguised. A petition to Parliament will bring out a case seldom equalled, and ample proofs of the ve nality of Maidstone can be collected for that purpose. TETE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARcit 24, MS. The following appointment has reference to her Majesty's Medi sal Establisnment for Scotland, announced in the Gazette of tl:c 16th instant :—William Mackenzie, M.D., of Glasgow, Surgeon- Oculist. CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 27. mrmura RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT BOROUGH OE DEVIZES.—James Whitley Deans Dundas, Barton-court, in the county of Berks, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Ayr.—Sir J. C. Fairlie, Bart., to be Lieutenant ; Sir J. A. Cath cart, Bart., to be. ditto; J. Dunlop, Esq., ALP., to be ditto; J. Hamilton, Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 12. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ROBERT BROWN, iron -founder, Maidstone. BANKRUPTS. JOHN SLINGSBY, cattle-dealer, Moston, Lancashire, to surreuder April2l and May 8, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester. Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Vernlain-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Aspinall, Manchester. BENJAMIN HILL, statitioner, Birmingham, April 7, and May 8, at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's inn-square, London • Harirson, Edmund-street, Birmingham. GEORGE EVANS, innkeeper, Carnarvon, April 12 and May 8, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Belshaw, Liver pool ; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and F o ll e tt, L on d on. WILLIAM OOTY, seedsman, Mundford, Norfolk, April 9 and May 8, it twelve, at the Angel Inn, Bury St. Edmund's. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Beckwith, Dye, and Kitton, Norwich. DAVID HOGARTIL coach proprietor, Norfolk, April 5, and May 8, at eleven, at the Crown and A nc h or I nn , G rea t Yar mouth. Sayers, Great Yarmouth ; Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, Hunt, and Stevens, Old Jewry, London. RICHARD PRITCHARD, builder, Hereford, April 3, and May 8, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Hereford. King and Son, Serjeant's-inn, London ; Edwards, Ross, llerefordshire. JAMES BELL, hat-manefacturer, Cockermouth, Cumberland, April 5, and May 8, at one, at the Globe Inn, Cockermouth. Armstrong, Staple-inn, London ; Benson, Coekermouth. ROBERT &MILLIE, draper and tea-dealer, Kingston-upon- Hull, April 18, :and May 8, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Ha. Sale, Manchester ; England and Sh ac kl es , Hull ; Baxte r s, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Lonon. JOHN HARRIS, timber-merchant, Carmarthen ; April 17, and May 8, at twelve, at the Boar's Head Inn, Carmarthen. a a r t u t p , s t Morri s an d J ones , Q ua y- s t ree t, C armart h en ; H enry Charles Chilton, Chancery-lane, London. MARMADUKE THOMAS, warehouse man , Ch eaps id e ; Apr i l 6, and M ay 8 , a t e l even , at the Cou r t of B an k rup t cy, Basinghall street. Goldsmid, official assignee, Iron-monger-lane; H ar d w i ck and David s on, Cateaton-street. GEORGE NIUNRO, ironfounder, Great Mitchell-street, S t . Lukes' s , Middl esex , Ap r il 6, and May 8, at twelve, at th e C ourt of Holborn. official assignee, Basinghall-street ; L etts, B Bn t k i e r ELISHA DICKENS, cotton. spinner, Bagsworth, Derby s hi re, April 19, an d May 8, at ten, at the Commissioners'-roo ms , Man chester. S co tt, Li nco l n ' s Inn-fields, London ; Mor r i s , M anc h ester. ildino•s, Johnson, COURSE OF EXCH. Atnsteidim C.F. 12 6 Ditto, at sight ) tterdaan .................. 2 U l2 6 Altwerp ................ . I , l + l nurg . ............. 13 14% Paris, - ................. 13 1 ' 463 i 3 days' . sigh 25 70 Ditto 3Ms 26 0 Marseilles. ....................... 26 10 Hourdeaux ................... 16 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petendiutgli, ruble 3 Us. 10 BTRH ............................ 7 3 Vienna, effective tl ...... M. 10 14 Triest e ditto ................. 10 16 Mad rid........ . ..................... 35 ....................... 35 BA.. ... ................. 34 Ihreclona ........................ 34 .............................. 34 INGE.-/THIS Gibraltar 4B Leghorn Genoa . '2O Milan 31 Venice Naples '39! Palermo per oz. 115 Lisbon 52% Ok , orto Rio Janeiro 2B [Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 Cork PitICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin ...... .£0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in b ars 317 9 New Doubloons New Dollars ......... PRIVATE BUSINESS IN PARLIA MENT.-(THIS DAY.) ON BILLR(a\iSi'wEaySTBiSIIC._OATIrLAZDODL, for r T tlie ) COMMITTEE Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK in the Chair. i er, engineer of the railroad. Glesg M o r s . c J. Miller, • BilEl.diirnrobcueregdhedented call . Wit ness stated that the only deviatio n ou t h e line proposed is near to Edinburgh ; the deviation in extent is about a mile : a diminution of 43,0001. would is. be the result of such altera tion, and a c hange of termini enrnirigewfirstas to alterations Mr. Joy addressed the Committee,. and objected to the course &c., and in other respects alto; matter. The Learned pursued by Mr. Wood, i n ex e m t h i as not taken ' ' evidence d Counsel objected entirely to such a course. It was not rielit before his Lordship correctly c n t l o inasmuch as this evidence w year and there and the Committee evidencetii ; had been to prove that this had b been read by many of the d ' om pri.n tt te ' or even that it Friend gas certainly presuming that he re could His Learned s well as the old matter together ; and Mr. take all the new a • Joy contended that a new Parliament havin g b een e l ected since elected Membe •several of the last year, the newly . Members, whom were upon this Committee, could not be supposed to be at all acquainted with matters relative to the last year's Bill, and yet his Learned Friend had argued that they were equally well acquainted with last year's proceedings as with those of this. Mr. ANDREWS proceeded to combat the objections, when he was interrupted by Mr. FINCH, who recommended that Counsel on each side should endeavour to agree as to what parts of the evidence should be read. This would save time. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to contend that the whole evidence ought to be heard and received. The last year's printed evidence (as well as the written evidence of the short hand writer to the House) being upon the table of the House for Hon. Members to read if they thought proper. Mr. JOY replied, contending that if his Learned Friend su cceeded in hi s a i m as to the evidence, it would only prove that his ability and ingenuity could mak e th a t w hich was bad and inadmissible evidence, appear as good and admissible. It was impossible, in short, that evidence, which it was not proved had been read by the Committee, could now be put in. The room was then cleared. After which the Chairman announced that the Counsel were at liberty to proceed, and that they should call the attention of the Committee to such points of the evidence of last year as appeared material. Mr. Miller was then cross-examined by Mr. JOT. Witness stated that he considered the Company might possibly be in duced, under certain circumstances, to decrease the fares on the railroad, consequently he admitted the income of the railroad would be deteriorated. The direction of the line does not approach the property known as " The Lodge." It crosses over the parish road, at an elevation of 22 feet and 1 inch, being 18 feet below for passage, A stationary engine is to be at the terminus, as proposed last year. No other deviation from the line is intended. The tunnels are a little extended, to the length of 128 feet. The line runs through the property of Lord Hopetoun; the line passes through his estate at a very deep cutting. The trench is t he same depth as last year. Does not think it would deteriorate the property, not being nearer Lord Hopetoun's house than two miles. No " amenities" are destroyed b y it. Does not agree in the opinion of Mr. Gilpin, v:z., that " the mart who could recommend this cut, did not do his duty to his neig,hbour, and could not be a Christian," The trench runs through Lord Hopetoun's property, for nearly four miles; the line is generally parallel, with a canal running through the 'same estate. Mr. JOY:. here announced that he admitted at once the printed evidence produced to be a true copy of the written, evidence. Mr. Noon then summed up the evidence of last year and this year. He did so, he said, with perfect confidence, as the evidence was thoroughly sifted, and great pains taken to come at the truth, The Learned Gentleman ar6ued that this evidence . must—having been laid before the House—be consider , conclusive. He then proceeded to extract from the printer evidence of the report of last year, from which it appearc that an enormous increase of population, trade, and commerc , :aid taken place from year to year along the line proposed. He then entered into a detail, wit rein he copious! 'xtracted from the evidence, and strongly urged the impari vice of the Bill, declaring it to be not only a great desiderc tam. but an absolute necessity. The address of the Learned Gentleman took up the tim. of the Cointnittee until nearly a quarter before four o'clock the usual time fur the Speaker's going to prayers. Adjourned until twelve o'clock, next Thursday. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS—(No. 3.) Mr. AGLIONBY in the Chair. Belfast Waterworks—(No. 2.)—By adjournment from las: Friday.—Further proof of notices was gone iato, after which it was objected by the opponents to the 8.1. that a pipe-tract was not laid down on the plan through the town of Belfast. Considerable argument ensued there upon, and the room'was cleared ; after which the Chairman an nounced the decision of the Committee, that in this respect the Standing Orders had been complied with, Mr. Cubitt was then called to prove further compliance with the Standing Orders, when it was objected that the height of the embankment of the great Reservoir, although exhibited upon the section, was not shown upon the plan. A discussion, p ro an d con , ensue d upon t h e po i nt , w h en, without the room being cleared, the Committee decided that, in this respect, the Standing Orders had not been complied with. Lengthened arguments then took place upon various points of the Standing Orders, as to the ground and water levels, the datum line, &c., of the Reservoir; and also as to the ten per cent. which had not been deposited, although it had been offered to Mr. Ley, the clerk of the House, who hal refused to receive it. The room was cleared, after which it was decided that, upon the point of the deposit, the Standing Orders had not been complied with. The SPEAKER being at prayers, the Committee adjourned until next Wednesday week at twelve o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Gallery was not opened today till twenty minutes past Four o'clock, in consequence of the Ballot for a Commit tee to try the merits of the Kinsale Election Petition. The Gallery was then cleared that the Ballot on the Wor cester Election Petition might proceed ; but the order was eventually discharged, and no Ballot took place, as the parties did n3t. appear. On re-entering the Gallery we found Members presenting petitions against Negro Apprenticeship. Mr. DENISTOUN presented a petition from Glasgow (we believe) to the same effect. From the vast bulk of the petition, we should suppose the number of signatures to be many thousands. BELFAST WATER WORKS. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition praying for an ex tension of time till the 2d April for the bringing in of the Belfast Water Works Bill.--Agreed to. GLASGOW WATER WORKS. Mr. CHALiIIERS gave notice of a motion for to-morrow, o refer the petition presented by Sir J. G. Craig respecfng ;he Glasgow Water Works Bill, to the Committee on that Bill. KINSALE ELECTION. The Clerk of the Committee appeared at the bar with the amended list of the Committee appointed to try the Kinsale Election Petition, which is as follows :—henry Gaily Knight, W. A. Mackinnon, Hon. W. B. Baring, Charles Green away, Sir T. Dyke Acland, Sir John Walter Pollen, Peter Ainsworth, Kcdgw•in Hoskins, T. W. Chichester, Sir C. IZ. Blunt, James Poxer. Mr. MILES presented a petition from the congregation of Wesleyan Methodists of Pontefract, praying for the immediate and total abolition of Negro apprenticeship. Mr. SANFORD presented petitions from Chard to the same effect. The Hon. Member also presented similar peti tions from different places in the County of Somerset. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented 30 petitions from diffe rent parts of the country against Negro slavery. The prin cipal of those petitions emanated from a large meeting held at Exeter Hall. That petition was signed by the Chairman, Lord Brougham, on behalf of the meeting. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from Thomas Clarkson to the same effect. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from Carlisle to the same effect. Mr. HAWKINS presented numerous petitions to the same effect, but we could not catch the names of the places. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. TH 0 RNLE Y and by Major AGLIONBY. Sir J. DUKE presented a similar petition from Boston. An HoN. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, pre sented similar petitions from Huntingdon and other places. Similar petitions were presented from places in Yorkshire and in Norfolk, by Mr. Baines and another Hon. Member. IRISH POOR RELIEF BILL. Sir R. BATESON presented two petitions from placcs in the County of Londonderry, against the Irish Poor-law. Also a petition from a parish in Londonderry, against the system of national education in Ireland. Also petitions from Belfast, Lisburne, and Londonderry, praying for a renewal of the Linen Act, which will expire at the end of the present Session. Mr. HODG ES presented a petition from a Board of Guardians in the county of Kent stating that they had taken great pains to ascertain the general working of the New Poor-law Act, and were highly in favour of its principle. Also one praying for the immediate abolition of Negro slavery. Mr. B. BARING presented a petition from the Arch deacon and Clergy of Stafford against the suppression of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. Mr. Sergeant LEFROY presented a petition against the system of national education. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to ask the Right Ho nourable Baronet opposite, whether it was his intention or the intention of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, to move an instruction to the Municipal Corpo ration Bill Committee to provide that the Municipal Corpora tions of Ireland should be abolished. Sir ROBERT PE EL —Sir, as I have been for some past rather in the habit of administering than answering ques tions, the Noble Lord will not be surprised that I am desirous, for a few moments, of assuming that position which is somewhat more familiar to me, that of putting a question to the Noble Lord. I don't do this merely for the purpose of taking a lesson from the more practical experience of the Noble Lord in answering questions—(Laughter)—but because the answer which the Noble Lord may give to my question may be impor tant, and may enable me to give a more definite and satisfac tory answer to the question which he has put to me, and to which I have promised to reply. The ques tion which I wish to put to the Noble Lord is, what course it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to pur sue with respect to the Irish Tithe Bill and the interest of the Irish Church ?—( Hear, hear.) At the meeting of Parliament her Majesty directed the attention of the Legislature to three questions relating to the domestic policy of Ireland—the establishment of a system of Poor-laws, the Reform of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, and the altera tion of the laws regulating the collection of tithes in Ireland : and the House assured her Majesty, in an Address to which we unanimcusly agreed, that we should consider these subjects. Now, as more than four months have elapsed since that time, and, as I presume, the Government have made up their minds as to those measures to which they have directed the attention of this House. I may assume that they have made up their minds as to the measure they intend to submit to Parliament on the question of Irish Tithes.—( Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Baronet was proceeding to read the Resolu tions when he was interrupted by loud cries of " Hear, hear." After a pause of a few minutes, the Right Hon. Baronet con tinued—l did not seek this—the course which the Noble Lord has taken has imposed it upon me. I find these Resolutions on the journals of the House :—" That this House do now resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider the state of the Church Establlshment in Ireland, with a view to appropriating any surplus arising there from to the general education of the people ; that it is the opinion of this House that no measure can be introduced for the settlement of tithes in Ireland that will be likely to prove satisfac tory, that does not embody the foregoing resolutions." Coupling the existence of these resolutions with the speech from the Throne I think myself entitled after the lapse of four months to put this question to the Noble Lord, whether it is his intention to bring forward any measure with respect to Irish tithes, and whether it will involve the principle contained in th e se Reselutions? Having received an answer from ' the Noble Lord, I will then proceed to discharge the duty which it will impose on me. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The House will see that as the Right Hon. Gent. has put the question with some care, it will be necessary for me to take time to answer it, and in order to put myself within the rules of the House, I shall now move that the House resolve itself into a Committee to take into consideration the question of Irish Tithes on a certain day to be hereafter named. The Right Hon. Gentleman has complained that four months have elapsed, and that no measure has been brought forward with respect to Irish tubes. It did appear to me that it was the understanding that the House should give its attention to certain measures teat were to be brought forward ; that these measures should be disposed of separately, and so sent up to the House of Lords ; that that House should not be called on to consider all our measures at the same time when, according to their own declaration, they had not suffi cient time to give those measures a separate and dis tinct consideration. 'rho first measure recommended by her Majesty was the Bill for the relief of the poor in lieland, and that measure has not only been read a second time, but has re ceived the most careful consideration from this House through out all its stages, so that I think it cannot be fairly said that there has been any delay in bringing forward the mea sures recommended by her Majesty I neither do I think it can be said that it would have been wise to interrupt the progress of that measure by the introduction of others. With regard to the question of tithes in Ireland„ it stands in this peculiar situation, In the year 1834, a Bill was sent from that House which was rejected by the House of Lords ; in 1835 a fill was sent from th a t House, which was considered so obnoxious in its provi sions that it was not pros,eceled. tit 1836 a Bill for the same pure pose was introduced, but in consequence of its provisions being greatly curtailed it was not proceeded with, In I 7 another Bill of the same kind was introduced, and ae his Noble Friend the Member for North Lancashire had declared, that unless the Bill was altered in its provisions he should oppose it, he cesteidered thst it was useless to proceed with it in its present illape. He (Lord NM Russell) did not think it wise for ..... r the sake7of lcgi lat 0.1, ( r or the in erests of the parties, that 1 this fruitless contest slim Id be caitied on. It would, therefore, 1 be the anxious wish cf the Government to prodose ; such nnease es as would meet v. ith the assent of both parties, 1 1 and woad form a basis of adjustment between all. He would :1 'ay likewise that he thought it was the duty of the Govern- ment in breging forward the question again, as far as it was in their po v Cr, to propose a coelprehensive measure, that would give s( curity to the Clitn2.lt on the one hind, an:l give satisfae ion to the peo e le of Ireland on the otlisr. W . th these ! views he would give uotice, that oil the 30th of April the question woad be introduced to the notice of the House, and he would state further, that the measure was of such a i nature that it would be necessary to take the sense of the House as on former occ?siolis, not upon one, but upon i various resolutions as the ground work cf the measu:e. II He thought it his duty to gate that to the House, in order 1 that Hon. Members might have a general view of the nature of II the scheme intended to be proposed. But he declared that it was the wish of the Govermn 'nt to come to a settlement of I the question ; and he thought that there was on the part of those who opposed it in former years a growing desire fur the settlement ; and he thought that if what he had to propose' could be made the groundwo; k of the adjustment of this ques tion, it would be an advantage to Parliamentin all its branches, and an advantage to Ireland.—( Hear.) At the beginnin g of,. the Session there wero petitions from the clergy, declaring that they wete satisfied with the present state of things ; but meet- ings of that lexly had since been held which indicated an altered state of opinion. If indeed it were the opinion of 1 one of the parties, most interested, that the law ought to be allowed to operate without alteration, Parliament would be unable to effect a satisfactory arrangement of the question, • , aed it would hardly be the duty of the Goeernment_i n d ee d . • it would scarcely be posssible—to propose, in future, any measure whatever which could be satisfactory.--(Hear. ) The Noble Lord then peecteded to read the resolutions to the followin ; ( ff. , et :—tlett the Ecclesiastical Tithe Composition should be confnued on a rent charge, at the rate cf 7-10ths of the ateese nt—that on the expiration of ( x . sting interests, so much of this rent charge a , , is chargeable in lieu of Tithes and Ministers' Money, may be purchased at sixteen years purchase, according to the original value. That the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland be em powered to purchase any proportion of Tithe Composition, not exceeding one-tenth in one year.—( Hear, - hear, hear.) that until such Composition be collected the T;the Composi t on and Ministers money be paid out of the Consolidated Fund. —(Part of the resolution was entirely lost to those in the gal kry. ) The remainder of the resolutions were simply declaratory of the necessity of future regulations for the adjustment of composition and rent charges. He would now leave it to the lion. Baronet to state what course he would take, and should move that the House resolve itself' into a General Committee on the 30th of April, to take into consideration the state of Irish tithes. Sir R. PEEL thank e d th e N o bl e L ord for the frauk de' claration of the i n t en ti ons o f t h e G overnment, and also for the decisive pro o f th at h e h a d t h ought his (Sir Robert -- -. Peel's) question but a natural one, inasmuch as the Noble Lord was without any concert with him prepared, with an answer. He would follow the example set by the Noble Lord, and eideavour to answer the question he had put, whether or not upon moving that the House. resolve itself into:a Coln_ .; inittee on the Municipal Corporation Bill the motion made in the two preceding years,that the Bill should be separated, would be rep .ated. There might be some force in the argument that • it was desirable to proceed with one measure at a time if the Noble Lord had adhered to that principle, but he accompan'ee the discussion of the Poor-law Bill with the mea sure now proposed to be introduced with respect to the Irish Corporations. Of course, the Noble Lord could not expect to express any (Onion oe the Resolutions. —( Hear.) He participated in the wish expressed by the Duke of Wellingto - et the close of the last session that it might be possible for Psi liament to conic to some satisfactory settlement of the ques tionswhich had occupied the attention of the Legislature. There was a prospect of settlement with respect to the Irish Poor-law Bill. He wished it might be so with respect to the Irish Corporations and Irish Church. (LEFT SPEAKIYO. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat 011 the Woolgack at ten minutes past five o'clock. Lord \VYNFORD presented a petition from a place in Derbyshire praying for the amendment of the New Poor Law Act. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented petitions from various congregations in Hereford, praying for the total abo lition of slavery. Lord DA CR.E presented netitions from several places in Hertford and Buckinghamshire, to the same effect. NEURO APPRENTICESHIP. The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented petitions from Stoke-upon-Trent, Cheadle, West Cowes, Houden, and other places, praying for the immediate abolition of negro apprenticeship in the West Indies. The Bishop of C 1 - 1 E STE R presented petitions to the same effect from Charlton-upon-Matlock, Salford, and numerous religious congregations in Manchester. The Marquis of SLIGO said before he presented the pe tition h, held in his hand, ho wished to correct a misconception had get into the newspapers respecting what he had said a day or two ago. It was stated by the newspapers that he had said Mr. Alorrice Jones, a gentleman of great property in Ja maica, had declared his intention to emancipate his appren tices. He (the Noble Marquis) had stated no such thing, or at least had not intended to state any such thing.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He had said that Mr. Jones informed him that he saw it was inevitable that he should do so —that he had written to his son to prep ire his apprentices for it—and that he meant himself to go out to see how the prepa ration was going on. Lord BROUGHAM could not only vouch for the accuracy of that statement, but he could vouch for another statement which the Noble Marquis had made, namely, that it was the intention of the Gentleman who had been alluded to, and of another, to emancipate their slaves, pro vided others would do so likewise in the neighbourhood, which just made good what he (Lord B.) had always said, that it would embarrass the whole thing, unless the operation was made to be general by a Legislative enactment.—( Hear.) The Marquis of SLIGO presented petitions from the as sociated united congregation of Falkirk, the Relief congrega tion of Falkirk, East Marling, Haddlehurgh, WiNenho e and various other places in Norfolk and its vicinity, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship ; also a peti tion from the London Anti-slavery Society, signed by Thomas Fowell Buxton, Zlchar:ah 11 , 1 4 Auiay, and several others, who, with those he had named, might, he considered, be called the patriots of the cause, having advocated this cause from b±ginning to end, and having, though without any com munication from him, adopted nearly the same line of cmduc. which he himself had done. They had not stood forward for the agitation of the cause, but they had conic forward when they saw the excitement was so great that it could no longer be resisted. He felt proud in having the honour of the presentation of this petition to the Louse. (LEFT SITTING.) ______ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAReu 26. Sir 11. VIVIAN must take occasion to express his regret that the Gallant Captain opposite had availed himself of the opportunity afforded by his motion to make an attack on his (Sir H. Vivian's) Gallant Friend.__( hear.) From all he could learn from the officers who had served in the Legion along with his Gallant Friend, he was convinced that the ex tent cf corporal punishment inflicted was absolutely necessary. —(llear.) He thought his Gallant Friend deserved great praise for having, under such a combination of adverse cir cumstances, brought the Legion to even a tolerable state of discipline. The 101st article had been spoken of. Now, al though officers were generally considered bad interpreters of the Articles of War, he would take upon himself to say that the construction put upon that article by his Gallant Friend was not harsh or overstrained. He bad himself seen in the 13ritish Army two cases, in one of which a man was shot, and in the other a man hung, for plunder, under this article, and he certainly thought that that was a greater stretch of power than any attempted by his Gallant Friend.—.(Hear.) With respect to corporal punishment, he (Sir H. Vivian) had been all his life anxious to see it abolished if possible. To set himself tight with the House on the subject, he would read an extract from an order he had made on assuming the command of the army in Ireland. The extract related to corporal punishment : it was, " The experience of the Lieut.- General has convinced him that nothing destroys the effect of punishment so much as its familiarity, as, however appalling a first example may appear, its frequent recurrence must he equally fatal to discipline and to that moral feeling on which the prosperity of the army depends." The order concluded thus—" It is with this feeling that the Lieutenant-General directs the attention of officers to this most desirable object (the abolition of corporal punishment), assuring them that their success will give him the greatest satisfaction."— ( Hear.) The lion. and Gallant Member then read another extract from his general order, the purport o f w hi ch was to ex hort the officers un d er hi m to consider themselves in the light of parents to the soldiers, and proceeded. But, although as he had thus shown he had been always reluctant to inflict cor poral punishment, he must confess that he had never as yet heard of an efficient substitute for the present system. Som e returns, which h e wou ld ta k e the liberty of reading would prove the difficulty of even relaxing it—they related to the number of corporal punishments inflicted in the army in Ire land. In 1633 the army consisted of 22,573 men, and the number of corporal punishments was 254, and desertions 182, the number of men imprisoned being 873. In 1834 the cor poral punishments were reduced to 154, but the number of desertions increased to 397, and the number imprisoned to 1,532.-4 Hear. ) This was the result to which an abolition of summary punishment had led. \Vas it proposed to substi-. tute solitary confinement? When this punishment bad been tried it had always produced the worst possible effect. The soldier came out from it a sullen and dogged man, and was sure to be punished again in the course of the ensuing six months- He (Sir H. Vivian) would go as far as in him lay tl forward the abolition of corporal punishments. Bilt he denied that the soldier felt it to be such a stigma as had been, desc,ibeLl. Since the discussions which had been raised in, that House such foa)ing6 might perhaps in some degree be excited in the soldier. With regard to imprisonment as a punishment for want of discipline, he could - press himself favourable to it—it would throw extra duty upon duty upon the other men ; and as reg ar d e d the cavalr duty would he increased, not only by t h e loss of the man, h the ut. by the care of his horse. Men bad risen front the ranks whas had been subjected to corporal punishment, and it was but vs short tine since that he had met with a man, now an. eacer the Excise, wh o h a d b een flogg.ed by his eire t aiiwa while serving' under him, and who stated to him th . .: the itogginz '